Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Alpine Skiing
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Alpine Skiing; at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort; Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Dates	9–22 February 2014
No. of events	10
Competitors	327 from 74 nations
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Sochi

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Location in European Russia

Rosa
Khutor

Sochi

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Locations in Krasnodar Krai

Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held in Russia from 9–22 February at Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort near Krasnaya Polyana, east of Sochi.^[1]

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for all ten events.^[2]

All times are (UTC 4).

Date	Time	Event
9 February	11:00	Men's downhill
10 February	11:00	Women's super combined
10 February	15:00	Women's super combined
12 February	11:00	Women's downhill
14 February	10:00	Men's super combined
14 February	15:30	Men's super combined
15 February	11:00	Women's super-G
16 February	10:00	Men's super-G
18 February	9:30	Women's giant slalom
18 February	13:00	Women's giant slalom
19 February	11:00	Men's giant slalom
19 February	14:30	Men's giant slalom
21 February	16:45	Women's slalom
21 February	20:15	Women's slalom
22 February	16:45	Men's slalom
22 February	20:15	Men's slalom

Course information

Date	Race	Start elevation	Finish elevation	Vertical drop	Course length	Average gradient
Sun 9 Feb	Downhill – men	2,045 m (6,709 ft)	970 m (3,182 ft)	1,075 m (3,527 ft)	3.495 km (2.172 mi)	30.8%
Wed 12 Feb	Downhill – women	1,755 m (5,758 ft)	965 m (3,166 ft)	790 m (2,592 ft)	2.713 km (1.686 mi)	29.1%
Fri 14 Feb	Downhill – (SC) – men	1,947 m (6,388 ft)	970 m (3,182 ft)	977 m (3,205 ft)	3.219 km (2.000 mi)	30.4%
Mon 10 Feb	Downhill – (SC) – women	1,755 m (5,758 ft)	965 m (3,166 ft)	790 m (2,592 ft)	2.713 km (1.686 mi)	29.1%
Sun 16 Feb	Super-G – men	1,592 m (5,223 ft)	970 m (3,182 ft)	622 m (2,041 ft)	2.096 km (1.302 mi)	29.7%
Sat 15 Feb	Super-G – women	1,580 m (5,184 ft)	965 m (3,166 ft)	615 m (2,018 ft)	2.100 km (1.305 mi)	29.3%
Wed 19 Feb	Giant slalom – men	1,370 m (4,495 ft)	960 m (3,150 ft)	410 m (1,345 ft)
Tue 18 Feb	Giant slalom – women	1,365 m (4,478 ft)	965 m (3,166 ft)	400 m (1,312 ft)
Sat 22 Feb	Slalom – men	1,160 m (3,806 ft)	960 m (3,150 ft)	200 m (656 ft)
Fri 21 Feb	Slalom – women	1,160 m (3,806 ft)	960 m (3,150 ft)	200 m (656 ft)
Fri 14 Feb	Slalom – (SC) – men	1,160 m (3,806 ft)	960 m (3,150 ft)	200 m (656 ft)
Mon 10 Feb	Slalom – (SC) – women	1,160 m (3,806 ft)	960 m (3,150 ft)	200 m (656 ft)

Medal summary

Several age records in alpine skiing were set at these Olympic Games:

Bode Miller, age 36, became the oldest medalist in Olympic alpine skiing; bronze in super-G.^[3]
Mikaela Shiffrin, age 18, became the youngest champion in slalom in Olympic alpine skiing; gold in slalom.^[4]
Mario Matt, age 34, became the oldest champion in Olympic alpine skiing; gold in slalom.^[5]
Henrik Kristoffersen, age 19, became the youngest male medalist in Olympic alpine skiing; bronze in slalom.^[5]

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria	3	4	2	9
2	United States	2	1	2	5
3	Switzerland	2	0	1	3
4	Slovenia	2	0	0	2
5	Germany	1	1	1	3
6	Norway	1	0	2	3
7	France	0	1	1	2
7	Italy	0	1	1	2
9	Croatia	0	1	0	1
10	Canada	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		11	9	11	31

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Downhill details	Matthias Mayer Austria	2:06.23	Christof Innerhofer Italy	2:06.29	Kjetil Jansrud Norway	2:06.33
Super-G details	Kjetil Jansrud Norway	1:18.14	Andrew Weibrecht United States	1:18.44	Jan Hudec Canada Bode Miller United States	1:18.67
Giant slalom details	Ted Ligety United States	2:45.29	Steve Missillier France	2:45.77	Alexis Pinturault France	2:45.93
Slalom details	Mario Matt Austria	1:41.84	Marcel Hirscher Austria	1:42.12	Henrik Kristoffersen Norway	1:42.67
Combined details	Sandro Viletta Switzerland	2:45.20	Ivica Kostelić Croatia	2:45.54	Christof Innerhofer Italy	2:45.67

Two bronze medals were awarded in the super-G.^[6]

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Downhill details	Tina Maze Slovenia Dominique Gisin Switzerland	1:41.57	Not awarded		Lara Gut Switzerland	1:41.67
Super-G details	Anna Fenninger Austria	1:25.52	Maria Höfl-Riesch Germany	1:26.07	Nicole Hosp Austria	1:26.18
Giant slalom details	Tina Maze Slovenia	2:36.87	Anna Fenninger Austria	2:36.94	Viktoria Rebensburg Germany	2:37.14
Slalom details	Mikaela Shiffrin United States	1:44.54	Marlies Schild Austria	1:45.07	Kathrin Zettel Austria	1:45.35
Combined details	Maria Höfl-Riesch Germany	2:34.62	Nicole Hosp Austria	2:35.02	Julia Mancuso United States	2:35.15

Two gold medals were awarded in the downhill, the first-ever tie for gold in an Olympic alpine skiing event; no silver medal was awarded.^[7]

Qualification

A maximum of 320 (later adjusted to 350 by the International Ski Federation) quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 22 athletes could be entered by a National Olympic Committee, with a maximum of 14 men or 14 women. There were two qualification standards for the games: an A standard and a B standard.^[8]

Participating nations

327 athletes from 74 nations were scheduled to participate, with number of athletes in parentheses. Only 319 athletes competed in actual competition as the other 8 athletes suffered injuries during training. Four nations qualified for the Winter Olympics for the first time, and hence competed in alpine skiing for the first time as well: Malta, Timor-Leste, Togo and Zimbabwe.^[9] Both Venezuela and Thailand made their Olympic debuts in the sport. One of Thailand's skiers was world-renowned concert violinist "Vanessa-Mae" Vanakorn.^[10] India's athletes initially competed as Independent Olympic Participants, as the Indian Olympic Association was suspended by the International Olympic Committee,^[11] but the suspension had since been lifted.^[12]